[TYPO3] Always getting "This is your first TYPO3 page" when viewing pages

Redvald Hjulstad redvald at hjulstad.no
Fri Jul 18 09:02:58 CEST 2008


Have to agree with bernd here, but also point out that there is some 
very good documentation and tutorials around.

Kaspers Podcast on how to build a wbsite is great:
podkast_julestue3-build-website.m4v

The Futuristic Template Building tutorial:
Futuristic Template Building (doc_tut_ftb1)

red




On 2008-07-18 00:49:01 +0200, bernd wilke <xoonsji02 at sneakemail.com> said:

> on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:34:04 -0700, Alessandro Vernet wrote:
> 
>> Alessandro Vernet wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you for the tip. It looks like a "Clear cache in typo3conf" or
>>> "Clear
>>> FE cache" unblocked the situation and I now see in the frontend updates
>>> I am
>>> doing in the backend. Cool! :)
>>> 
>>> 
>> One correction to my previous comment: most likely the issue was that I
>> didn't have any template selected for that page. Selecting a template
>> solved the problem. See screenshot:
>> 
>> http://www.screencast.com/t/cE6WcRhQRA
> 
> you never have done any typoscript?
> you may use typo3 just using predefined templates, but then you never can
> use the full variety TYPO3 is giving you, as you never learn to
> understand how TYPO3 is working.
> 
> example:
> You don't need to assign templates for each page, as they are inherited
> to sub-pages.
> 
>> I have seen a number of other people hitting the same problem. Maybe it
>> would be good to have some template used by default for pages created
>> right after installing TYPO3.
> 
> you / they may learn a little bit more about TYPO3 than how to copy the
> archive and expand it on a webserver. Hm, probably you haven't done this
> either. you probably get a ready TYPO3-account and think that your
> webpage just needs some content.
> TYPO3 needs more!
> If you are not willing to learn typoscript for an individual TYPO3-using
> (or pay someone who will do it for you) you use the wrong CMS. Try to get
> another CMS.
> 
> TYPO3 is like driving a car: it is no taxi, where you only need to say
> your target. For TYPO3 you have to learn like for a 'driving-license'.
> TYPO3 has a lot of switches and steering-wheels - more than a car (some
> say it is like a big plane with hundreds of switches)
> 
> 
> bernd




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